Benthic macroinvertebrates in Swedish streams: Community structure, taxon richness, and environmental relations

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-282

  Sandin, Leonard ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0037711288     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03380.x     Document Type: Article

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